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JAMES l B. STUART, 0T VIRGINIA.

m01) OP ATTAUHIHG 853m N m11.

Spodcson 0f Letta: hint No. 35,884, Abd Mobi? d, 185..

To all whom it may conca-n:

Be itknown that I, Jams E. B. S'rnan'r of Wytheville, in W the county and State of Virginia, (stxitionefdY for the at Fort Riley, Kansas Territory,) have invented a new and Improved Method of Attaching Sabers to Belts; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference be' had to the accompanying drawings and to t e letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in having the saber so attached to the belt as to enable the wearer to detach it at leasure in nn instant, so that when mount troo im: called upon to dsmount and iight for t ie time being as infantr they can by this mvlhiul leave the saber lungi y to the pommvl of the saddle, and whenniey remount by the same easy method they can attach the saber again to the belt. This is eected by having a brass ring O, P, as selen in the annexed drawings inserted in the waist. or nabor belt near the left bip. The two straps commenting the saber with the belt are then united at their upper nxtremities into the loop a b of the annexed dan. rt Thnbook represented therein is the means of attachment.. The attachment book is inserted in the ring of the waist or saber bait at the hi and slipped down home to H. c d is a ca which is held in .its resent position by the mug e f, which isb ciently pliable to allow twongors yaslxgh' t ressureu n c ddti; nlnioggd the te iooEo rea v 1 ou o e an tha sa his) detached uns By the mode now in use the saber is attavhed 5y the straps to two points on the belt, Ind

emeansofat ordatacbngita so diicuit as to render it practically impracticabla. l

What I claim ls in; invention, and desire to secure by Ixtters atient is- T he attachment-hook H in combination with the ring O P, or its equivalent attached to the waist belt es indicated in the drawing M-the wbolo being constructed and 0 eratod subetantisilyllxi the manner and or the urpes set fo p JAS. E. B. STUART. Witnkgns: l

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entirely from the belt. 

